Enhanced thermoelectric performance through homogenously dispersed MnTe nanoparticles in p-type Bi<bold>0.52</bold>Sb<bold>1.48</bold>Te<bold>3</bold> nanocomposites

Enhanced thermoelectric performance through homogenously dispersed MnTe nanoparticles in p-type Bi_0.52Sb_1.48Te₃ nanocomposites

Lu Tian-Qi^{1, 2, †}, Nan Peng-Fei^{2, †}, Song Si-Long¹, Zhu Xin-Yue³, Zhao Huai-Zhou^{2, ‡}, Deng Yuan^{1, §}

(color online) Thermal properties as a function of temperature: (a) thermal diffusivities (D); (b) total thermal conductivities ( κ tot ) ; (c) Lorenz numbers (L); (d) lattice thermal conductivities ( κ lat ) and bipolar thermal conductivities ( κ b ) for Bi_0.52Sb_1.48Te₃ compounds.